Melanie, I’m a new blogger (about 2 weeks) and am still trying to learn the right way of doing things and avoid doing the wrong things while blogging. When you do a post like this popcorn one (brilliant, by the way), do you need to ask permission from the other bloggers to use (or make reference) to their posts? I’m trying to keep myself out of trouble. But there is so much great stuff out there already, I would love to point my future readers to other blogs. Help? Thanks, PJ

PJ, That’s a great question! Ok, so I have a handful of blogs that I frequent and love. They are also blogs that I know I already have permission from. Some blogs I find via pinterest, and usually they have a statement on their site that says you are welcome to grab ONE image as long as you link back to the original post. A majority of bloggers are so happy to have their posts featured, because it helps with traffic, but it also is one more site linking to your site, so it helps with SEO Juice! So, I live by the rule that I ALWAYS link to the original source and never use more than one picture in my blog. ALSO, I never use THEIR photo to pin or share on FB. I always use my roundup photo to try and drive traffic back to me! Hope that helps!